Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Matt* Lucas Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Matt* Lucas Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* I Loved a Widow Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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